How to Install MantisBt CMS on Linuxmint 19

Installation of MantisBt CMS on Linuxmint 19

Mantis is a free and popular open source bug tracking system. It is written in PHP and supports all types of database server. It provides a professional dashboard to manage bugs assigned to the user. It supports powerful access control which provides per project base user access. It is very flexible so you can customize the issue fields, notifications, and workflow. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Mantis Bug tracker on Linuxmint 19

Requirements for Mantis Bug tracker:

Apache

Mysql

Php and its modules

(php php-xml php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-soap php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-imap php-common php-dev libmcrypt-dev php-pear)

Installation procedure

Check the linuxmint version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	LinuxMint
Description:	Linux Mint 19 Tara
Release:	19
Codename:	tara

Configure the MySQL database. Log into MySQL as a root user and make the necessary settings.

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.7.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 (Ubuntu)
Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> create database mantisdb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> create user 'mantisuser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#4';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> grant all privileges on mantisdb.* to 'mantisuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> exit
Bye

Once the database configuration is done, download the MantisBT cms Installation package by using the wget command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisbt/files/latest/download
--2019-06-20 16:16:06--  https://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisbt/files/latest/download
Resolving sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)... 216.105.38.13
Connecting to sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)|216.105.38.13|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.21.1/mantisbt-2.21.1.zip?r=&ts=1561011695&use_mirror=liquidtelecom [following]
--2019-06-20 16:16:09--  https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.21.1/mantisbt-2.21.1.zip?r=&ts=1561011695&use_mirror=liquidtelecom
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.105.38.13
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.105.38.13|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.21.1/mantisbt-2.21.1.zip [following]
--2019-06-20 16:16:11--  https://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.21.1/mantisbt-2.21.1.zip
Resolving liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net (liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net)... 197.155.77.8
Connecting to liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net (liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net)|197.155.77.8|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 18458067 (18M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘download’

download                      100%[=================================================>]  17.60M   157KB/s    in 3m 16s  

2019-06-20 16:19:33 (91.9 KB/s) - ‘download’ saved [18458067/18458067]

Extract the downloaded package using unzip command

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip download
Archive:  download
   creating: mantisbt-2.21.1/
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/manage_custom_field_page.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/bug_actiongroup_page.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/login_select_proj_page.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/account_update.php
.
.
.
inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/account_prefs_reset.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/bug_relationship_graph.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/proj_doc_delete.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/xmlhttprequest.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/view_filters_page.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/bug_monitor_list_view_inc.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/news_menu_page.php  
  inflating: mantisbt-2.21.1/manage_proj_user_add.php  

Move the MantisBT directory to apache root directory

root@linuxhelp:~# mv mantisbt-2.21.1 /var/www/mantis

Set the ownership and permission for MantisBT by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/mantis

root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/mantis

Configure the virtualhost for accessing the MantisBT

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/mantis.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        documentroot /var/www/mantis
<directory /var/www/mantis>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>

Disable the default site access

root@linuxhelp:~# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

Enable the site access for accessing the MantisBT

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite mantis.conf
Enabling site mantis.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

Enable the rewrite module

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2

Restart the apache service by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

Switch to your browser and enter the domain name Verify the php configuration and enter the Database detail

Verify the installation and click continue Enter the default admin user and password Create the new password for admin user Enter the admin credentials and new password to login This is the dashboard of MantisBT cms

With this, the method to install MantisBT CMS on Linumint 19 comes to an end.